Steve Bannon retains 'experienced Supreme Court counsel' to appeal jail sentence

Steve Bannon, the convicted criminal podcaster and ally of former President Donald Trump, apparently believes that his legal plight is important enough to be taken up by the United States Supreme Court.

As reported by CBS News' Scott MacFarlane, Bannon filed an emergency appeal asking the courts to halt his prison sentence, and it claimed that Bannon "has retained experienced Supreme Court counsel" to argue his case before the nation's highest court.

Bannon was convicted back in 2022 on charges of criminal contempt of Congress for completely refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th riots at the United States Capitol building.

In the emergency appeal, Bannon argued that his prosecution was so unfair that it rose to the level of a constitutional crisis.

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"This is a landmark case," the appeal states. "The prosecution pursued a novel and aggressive theory of liability, and the case garnered international attention. If the panel decision stands, there will be far-reaching consequences, including separation-of-powers concerns. Before the prosecution of Mr. Bannon, it had been 50 years since the government convinced a jury to convict someone for not adequately responding to a congressional subpoena—and there has certainly been no shortage of disputes over congressional subpoenas during that time."

In reality, there was not merely a dispute about Bannon's response to the subpoena, as he flatly refused to cooperate with the committee in any shape or form.

A Trump-appointed judge earlier this month ordered Bannon to report to prison on July 1st, and Bannon responded by going on an angry tirade against the American justice system.

"There's nothing that can shut me up and nothing that will shut me up," he said at the time. "There's not a prison built or a jail built that will ever shut me up."